Philippe Guilhon-Herbert - Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov & Stravinsky: L'esprit des ballets russes (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 6 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102: 1. Waltz. Cinderella and the Prince
02. 6 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102: 2. Cinderella's Variation
03. 6 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102: 6. Amoroso
04. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: 2. Scene. Morning’s Dance
05. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: 4. The Girl Juliet
06. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: 6. The Montagues and the Capulets (Dance of the Knights)
07. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: 7. Friar Laurence
08. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: 8. Mercutio
09. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: 10. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
10. Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka: Danse russe
11. Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka: Chez Pétrouchka
12. Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka: La semaine grasse
13. Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Version for Piano by the Composer): 1. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
14. Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Version for Piano by the Composer): 3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess

If the Russian Sergei Diaghilev was the founding father of Les Ballets Russes, then Paris was its birthplace and the theatre of the company's immense success. The Ballets Russes would adopt the French capital as its special residence even when its influence was spreading over many countries: the company, under the masterful guidance of Diaghilev, included the best dancers of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint-Petersburg, and inaugurated its first season at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on May 19th 1909. It was an immediate success.

Georges Balanchine, Michel Fokine, Serge Lifar and Vaslav Nijinsky became legendary dancerchoreographers who revealed Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky or Prokofiev to French and European audiences, alongside Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Milhaud, Poulenc, and, at the same time, the world's greatest painters also took part: Matisse, Picasso, Braque or de Chirico.

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